Wonder about the difference between a grackle and a starling? Do colorful warblers catch your fancy? What gave the Cooper's hawk its name? Ask me -- The Bird Lady. I'm the science editor at the ...

I approach a flock of mountain chickadees feasting on pine nuts. A cacophony of sounds, coming from the many different bird species that rely on the Sierra Nevada’s diverse pine cone crop, fill the ...

Last Thursday, in a room in the basement of the University of Montana's School of Music, conductor James Smart softly swept his baton through the air. A whisk of a sound from a suspended cymbal filled ...